Jones-Hunt House
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Noted Houston architect Alfred C. Finn designed this home for Sarah (Brashear) Jones, widow of state senator James W. Jones. Finn melded the oak woodwork of the Jones’ 1893 home, including the windows, doors, wainscoting and grand staircase, into this post-WWI house. The tudor revival styling features a wide central gable, a two-story off-center parapeted entrance portico, an arched opening supported by pilasters, and a porte cochere. Sarah, her daughter Irma and son-in-law William C. Hunt moved into the house in 1921; five generations of this family lived here until 1989.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Houston architect Alfred C. Finn designed this Tudor Revival home after World War I for Sarah Jones, widow of state senator James W. Jones, folding the oak woodwork, windows, and grand staircase of the family's 1893 house into the new one. Sarah moved in with her daughter Irma and son-in-law William Hunt in 1921, and five generations of the family lived here until 1989. Its wide central gable, off-center entrance portico, and porte cochere mark the taste of Houston's interwar gentry.
Why it matters
The house traces a Houston family across nearly a century through the women who anchored it, preserving both the craft of an era's leading architect and the continuity of a single household.
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Related people
- · Alfred C. Finn
- · Sarah Brashear Jones
- · James W. Jones
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